Well-bucket.



T. R. SPEARS.

WELL BUCKET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3, 1912.

1,128,94. Patented. Jan.5,1915.

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UNTTED %TATE PATENT @FFIZQE.

THOMAS RICHARD SPEARS, 0F MIDLAND, ARKANSAS.

WELL-BUCKET.

Application filed June 3, 1912.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS R. SrEARs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Midland, in the county of Sebastian and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Nell-Bucket, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject-matter of this application, is a bucket adapted to be employed for bailing out a drilled well.

One object of the present invention is to provide novel means for assembling the valve with the receptacle, and to provide novel means whereby the valve is opened and closed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a bucket of this type which may be emptied readily by sliding the receptacle upwardly upon the ve l e-carrying member.

A further object of the invention is to improve generally, and to enhance the utility of, devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

W'ith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the com bination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings ;Figure 1 shows the invention in vertical longitudinal section; Fig. 2 is a sectional detail enlarged from Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side elevation, showing a modified form of the invention, parts being broken away; and Fig. 4; is a longitudinal section showing a modified form of the invention, parts being broken away; Fig. 5 is a fragmental side elevation showing a modified form of the invention. Fig. 6 is a plan of the intersection of the tapered straps which are applied to the lower end of the receptacle.

in carrying out the invention there is provided a receptacle 1, which, as shown in Fig. 1 may be of cylindrical form. At the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

Serial No. 701,359.

lower end of the receptacle 1 there is formed an inwardly projecting flange 2, adapted to support the bottom 3 of the receptacle. The receptacle 1 is preferably fashioned from metal while the bottom 3 is preferably fashioned from wood, although these details may be departed from, when desired. The bottom 3 is provided, in the axis of the receptacle 1, with an opening 4. Mounted in the opening 4 is a guide, which may consist of two l.-shaped members 5, the lower ends of which extend into the opening 4: and are secured to the side walls of the opening st by means of attaching elements 6. The members 5 terminate in angularly disposed heads 7, provided with overlapping enlargements 8 having alined openings adapted to receive slidably, the combined suspension and valve rod 9. At its lower end, the suspension and valve rod 9 is equipped with a shoulder 10, which may be a nut mounted upon the threaded lower extremity 11 of the rod 9. Abutting against the shoulder 10 is a resilient valve disk 12, held in place by a heavy washer or disk let provided with a thinned flange 15 at its periphery. The disk 14- is held in place upon the threaded end 11 of the rod 9 by means of a nut 16. The upper end of the rod 9 is mounted to slide in a guide frame, the same preferably consisting of a series of arms 17, secured at their lower ends to the receptacle 1, and having their upper ends extended toward the axis of the receptacle 1, the upper ends of the arms 17 being twisted together to form an eye 18 in which the upper end of the rod 9 is mounted to slide, the upper end of the rod 9 terminating in an eye 19.

That form of the invention which appears in Fig. 3 is constructed in substantially the same manner as that form of the invention which appears in Fig. 1. However, in Fig. 3, the receptacle, denoted by the numeral 20, may be given a taper 21 at its upper end. The guide frame consists of a series of arms 22, connected at their lower ends with the receptacle 20 as indicated at 23, the arms 22 being slanted inwardly to follow the wall of the tapered portion 21.

The arms 22 at their upper ends slant circumferentially of the receptacle 20 as indicated at 24, these slanting portions 24 being horizontally extended, and being twisted together to form a ring 25, in which the guide rod, denoted specifically by the numeral 26, is mounted to slide.

In that form of the invention which appears in Fig. 4, the receptacle is denoted by the numeral 28 and is of cylindrical form. The receptacle 28 at its lower end is provided with an inwardly extended flange 29, supporting the bottom 30, the bottom 30 having an axial opening 31 in which the guide frame 32 is received. The guide frame 32 in the present instance, is a onepiece structure, of U-form, the lower extremities of which enter the opening 31 and are secured to the wall of the opening 31 by means of attaching elements 33. The con struction of the rod 33 and of the valve structure 34 is the same as that described in connection with Fig. 1. The guide frame which is applied to the upper end of the receptacle 28 may be a simple arched strap 34, instead of the multi-part guide frames shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

In that form of the invention which appears in Fig. 5, the receptacle is denoted by the numeral 50. In this form of the invention, arched straps are denoted by the numeral 51.- The straps 51 extend across the top of the receptacle as shown in Fig. 4, but, in Fig. 5, the straps are extended the full length of the receptacle and terminate in angular feet 52, extended beneath the bottom of the receptacle and secured thereto as indicated at 53. Four or more of the straps 51 may be employed, the construction depicted in Fig. 5 being of peculiar utility when a heavy receptacle, adapted to contain a large quantity of water, is employed.

In all forms of the invention in which the receptacle is of cylindrical form, the receptacle, at its upper end, may be crimped slightly as indicated at 54 to prevent undue friction between the receptacle and the tubing.

In all forms of the invention, U-shaped straps 60 may be applied to the lower end of the receptacle, the straps 60 converging, so as to decrease the diameter of the structure at its lower end, for the purpose of permitting the bucket to pass by obstructions encountered in the well. If desired, the straps 60 may be equipped at their point of intersection, with polygonal openings 61. By lowering the rod 9, the nut 16 may be lodged against rotation in the open ings 61, and, by giving the rod 9 a turn or two, through the medium of the handle 19, the nut 16 may be seated firmly against the valve casing. By the foregoing operation,

a means is provided whereby, at any time, during the operation of emptying the bucket, the nut 16 may be manipulated to retain its hold upon the valve disk.

In practical operation, a rope or other flexible element is secured to the eye 19 of the rod 9, the weight of the receptacle 1 causing the bottom 3 of the receptacle to engage with the valve disk 12, thus elfecting a closure of the opening 4. The receptacle 1 is then lowered into the well, and when the rod 9 is released, the valve disk 12 will drop downwardly, uncovering the opening 4, and permitting the water to enter the receptacle 1. So soon as a pull is exerted upon the rod 9, the rod 9 will slide in the members 8 and 18, the valve disk 12 coming into contact with the bottom 3 and effecting a closure of the opening 4. The device may then be drawn upwardly, the contents being securely held within the receptacle 1. In order to dump the receptacle 1 it is necessary merely to grasp the element 18 and to slide the receptacle 1 upwardly upon the rod 9, whereupon the valve disk 12 and the bottom 3 will be spaced apart, permitting the water to flow outwardly through the opening 4.

It is to be noted that the disk 14 exercises a double function. In the first place, it constitutes a means for upholding the resilient valve disk 12, to prevent a leakage through the opening 4, and in the second place, it constitutes a counterpoise, adapted to secure a sliding movement of the rod 9, when the receptacle 1 is lifted upwardly.

The operation of the structures shown in Figs. 3 and 4, will be readily understood, when the description of the operation of the structure shown in Fig. 1 is read in connection with the drawings.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A bucket of the class described comprising a receptacle having a bottom provided with an opening; a rod mounted to slide and rotate in the bucket; a valve disk carried by the lower end of the rod and adapted to constitute a closure for the opening; a nut on the rod, constituting means for holding the disk on the rod; and a guide secured to the lower end of the receptacle for directing the receptacle past obstructions, the guide having means for receiving the nut and for holding the same against rotation when the rod is rotated.

2. A bucket of the class described, comprising a receptacle; a bottom carried by the receptacle and provided with an opening; a guide located adjacent the bottom; a guide secured to the upper end of the receptacle; a rod mounted to slide and to rotate in the guides; a valve disk carried by the lower end of the rod and adapted to overlap the opening; a nut on the rod, en- In testimony that I claim the foregoing gaging the disk; and a guide secured to as my own, I have hereto affixed my signathe lower end of the receptacle for directture in the presence of two Witnesses.

ing the receptacle past obstructions in the THOMAS RICHARD SPEARS. Well, the said guide having means for re- Witnesses:

ceiving the nut and for holding the same HAROLD MACCUNE,

against rotation when the rod is rotated. R. E. MCEAGHIN.

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Washington, D. C. 

